As part of the COST Action Plan, ZHAW has presented a goal of achieving a Smart Energy Region in the Canton of Zürich by the year 2050. This target is defined with milestones across 18 areas such as energy efficiency, quality of life, and renewable technologies. This report assesses those goals and develops a roadmap for the canton to achieve some of them, while recommending that other goals be re-evaluated for plausibility. The roadmap is made up of a series of recommendations that could be used by the cantonal government to reach these targets. Additionally, this report provides analyses of each of the 18 relevant areas as well as other roadmaps that have been developed in other cities, providing a strong research base for future work by ZHAW on the Smart Energy Region Project.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Khalandovsky, Samuel
• Malofsky, Brandon Grant
• Burgess, Zachary Thomas
• Habib, Luke Francis

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Well-Being
• Sustainability
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101415-085441

Keyword

• Community development
• Energy conservation
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Fisler, Kathryn
• DiMassa, Daniel

Year

• 2015

Center

• Zurich, Switzerland Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Engineering

Date created

• 2015-10-14

Location

• Zurich

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright